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Frog-like bizarre baby
"This bizarre-looking baby was born in Charikot, the headquarters of Dolakha district, attracting a huge number of onlookers to witness the astonishing sight". "This bizarre-looking baby was born in Charikot, the headquarters of Dolakha district, attracting a huge number of onlookers to witnes... more
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Thirty Six Operations for a New Life
"When Christian Constantine was born, his facial deformities were so severe that the paediatricians who went to see him in intensive care had no idea whether he would survive, if he had brain damage, or how they might begin to put things right."
Christian endured his first operation at only 12 weeks old and has continued through thirty five more operations over the course of his life for a chance at looking relatively normal. "When Christian Constantine was born, his facial deformities were so severe that the paediatricians who went to see him in intensive c... more -
Indian baby born with two faces
A couple from northern India has welcomed a baby girl born with two pairs of eyes and lips and two noses, who has drawn a slew of curious onlookers, including those who consider the child a deity. The infant, who has not yet been named, appears to have two skulls joined together, making a surgical separation impossible. The girl’s father said she eats with one mouth and sucks her thumb with the other, but doctors warn that she needs an examination to ensure her oral and nasal cavity function correctly. A couple from northern India has welcomed a baby girl born with two pairs of eyes and lips and two noses, who has drawn a slew of curi... more
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extra rare baby deformity(Viewer discretion advised).
Now Im not trying to be jerk or make fun of deformed people,this just caught my eye,it's apart of life and if anyone knows why the baby,got this way,let me know...plus i can't understand what there saying..t.y. Now Im not trying to be jerk or make fun of deformed people,this just caught my eye,it's apart of life and if anyone knows why the bab... more
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Great Lakes pollution screws health, confidential report finds
For more than seven months, the nationâÂÂs top public health agency has blocked the publication of an exhaustive federal study of environmental hazards in the eight Great Lakes states, reportedly because it contains such potentially âÂÂalarming informationâ as evidence of elevated infant mortality and cancer rates.
Researchers found low birth weights, elevated rates of infant mortality and premature births, and elevated death rates from breast cancer, colon cancer, and lung cancer. For more than seven months, the nationâÂÂs top public health agency has blocked the publication of an exhaustive federal study of e... more -
Agent of suffering
A third generation of Vietnamese are suffering deformities caused by US chemical warfare and still Washington refuses to accept responsibility.
To accept US responsibility for Agent Orange could expose Washington to claims relating to the use of napalm, phosphorous bombs and various My Lai-type massacres. A third generation of Vietnamese are suffering deformities caused by US chemical warfare and still Washington refuses to accept respon... more -
Why men are obsolete
British scientists have concluded a round of messing around with inner body parts with creating sperm from female bone marrow, causing considerable distress to those cheeky chaps at the Daily Mail. Any children born using this method would be female (due to the lack of Y chromosomes), and there is high chance of birth defects. Researchers in Brazil, meanwhile, claim to have turned embryonic stem cells from male mice into both sperm and eggs. They are now working on skin cells. British scientists have concluded a round of messing around with inner body parts with creating sperm from female bone marrow, causing... more
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Popular restaurant maybe selling tainted food. So says California Proposition 65
I just ate today at PF Changs in Santa Monica, Ca.today. I first heard about this restaurant in my home town of Eugene, Oregon. I have eaten at this restaurant a total of 6 times and I must say that I have really enjoyed the food and the atmosphere. The service is excellent and the staff is very friendly.
However, until today I have never before noticed this sign that I saw at the Santa Monica location that absolute made my jaw drop to the floor. I am terribly disappointed by what I have learned because I really loved the flavors in the food.
The sign just above the door had the following statement:
"Warning, this restaurant sells food and drinks that contain chemicals known by the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and reproductive harm."
Does anybody know what chemicals these might be?
This is very alarming considering all the tainted food that has been coming out of China into America.
Thank you California for having Proposition 65.
Consider yourselves warned!!! I just ate today at PF Changs in Santa Monica, Ca.today. I first heard about this restaurant in my home town of Eugene, Oregon. I have... more -
Chernobyl Heart: An Academy Award winning film by Maryann De Leo
In Belarus, the country most seriously contaminated by the April 29, 1986 Chernobyl accident, the terrible effects of radiation are seen in the high levels of cancer, birth defects, and heart conditions suffered by the region's children. In Belarus, the country most seriously contaminated by the April 29, 1986 Chernobyl accident, the terrible effects of radiation are se... more
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CBS story on Dandy-Walker Syndrome
This news story is helping to raise awarenss for the birth defect Dandy-Walker Syndrome that affects our two-year-old son Ryan. Folks interested in learning more can check our www.dandy-walker.org
This news story is helping to raise awarenss for the birth defect Dandy-Walker Syndrome that affects our two-year-old son Ryan. Folks... more -
Dandy-Walker Syndrome kids documentary
Dandy Kids, a documentary from Film-It Productions, opens on January 17, 2008 in Denver, Colorado, USA. Check out the trailer above.
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Nonprofit to educate, lobby for research on rare birth defect
Want to help make a difference for those that can't advocate for themselves? Call your member of Congress.
All you have to do is ask them to cosponsor House Congressional Resolution 163 on Dandy-Walker Syndrome. Look them up at http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/index.html and jot down their Washington DC phone number to call. That's it.
Learn more about this cause at the link above or at www.dandy-walker.org Want to help make a difference for those that can't advocate for themselves? Call your member of Congress. ... more -
Dandy-Walker Syndrome
A story and video of what it's like for a family raising a son with Dandy-Walker Syndrome and hydrocephalus.
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Dandy-Walker Alliance
The Dandy-Walker Alliance, Inc. is a non-profit corporation committed to educational and informational activities, programs and publications and supporting non-partisan research and events to increase public awareness for Dandy-Walker Syndrome. We support all efforts to determine the cause(s) of, find the cure for and to ameliorate the effects of Dandy-Walker Syndrome. The Dandy-Walker Alliance, Inc. is a non-profit corporation committed to educational and informational activities, programs and public... more
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Dandy-Walker Congressional Testimony
My two-year-old son Ryan was born missing the back part of his brain. While that was understandably a shock it was just as alarming to learn that no national organization existed to advocate for individuals with this birth defect called Dandy-Walker Syndrome. But the story does not end there.
Instead of passive acceptance of the diagnosis our family was facing we chose to embrace the experience and saw an opportunity to fill a worldwide void in Dandy-Walker advocacy. Almost overnight we arrived at the understanding that it was our purpose to advocate for individuals like Ryan who could not advocate for themselves. Whether by divine arrangement, destiny or fate we became accidental advocates.
In calendar year 2007 we formed the only national non-profit for Dandy-Walker Syndrome called the Dandy-Walker Alliance (www.dandy-walker.org), testified before Congress, worked with a film producer on a documentary that will debut in January 2008, were successful in getting congressional legislation introduced, were profiled on a local television station, appeared in numerous newspaper articles and congressional press releases and was even honored by being the subject of a speech delivered on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. However, the best part by far is the daily opportunity to serve individuals worldwide to provide educational materials and serve to raise the profile of Dandy-Walker Syndrome.
The journey was not always easy. Along the way Ryan would endure two brain surgeries and suffer from up to eight seizures a day that would paralyze the left side of his infant body. Ryan also does not talk but he does communicate. Ryan teaches, transforms and inspires. He is the catalyst behind the worldwide success we are seeing. It is not measured in dollars; it is measured in lives who were given a chance when hope had long sense been acquiesced.
I hope that you will see that there is a story to be told. Your willingness to raise awareness on behalf of individuals like my son Ryan will give a voice to a silent Dandy-Walker constituency who can not advocate for themselves.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Eric My two-year-old son Ryan was born missing the back part of his brain. While that was understandably a shock it was just as alarming t... more -
Backward Feet
crazy story about a woman born with backwards feet.
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Eight Limbed Toddler: reincarnation if Hindu God
"A toddler born with eight limbs and believed by some to be the reincarnation of the multi-limbed Hindu goddess Vishnu, is set to undergo a 40-hour operation to remove half of her limbs."
Never seen anything like this. "A toddler born with eight limbs and believed by some to be the reincarnation of the multi-limbed Hindu goddess Vishnu, is set to unde... more -
China's deformed Babies
An alarming rise in birth defects was acknowledged by China yesterday, amid concern that heavy pollution is damaging the countrys children.
Babies born with conditions such as cleft palates and extra fingers and toes now account for up to 6 per cent of births each year, according to statistics published yesterday. And the number of babies born with disabilities has increased by 40 per cent since 2001 a period that has coincided with Chinas meteoric economic growth to between two and three million a year. Up to 12 million more develop defects in childhood. An alarming rise in birth defects was acknowledged by China yesterday, amid concern that heavy pollution is damaging the countrys chi... more
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